On Saturday, January 25, 2003, at 05:16 PM, Jan Heine wrote:
> TA rings were considered superior to Stronglight. So the people in the
> know (among French cyclotouristes) chose 49D arms with TA rings. And
> yes, TA rings are still made. Any size you want, I believe, up to
> something ludicrous like 74 (bigger is special order, I have seen a
> 100+ ring at Bicycle Specialties in Toronto).
>
> Jan Heine, Seattle
>
> Jerry Moos wrote:
>
> I suspect a lot of
> bikes in the classic era had mod 49 arms with TA rings, as TA rings
> were
> widely available, and had a wide selection of ring sizes.
>
We were always of the opinion that the TA rings wore better and were more rigid than the Stronglight rings so were preferable for that reason in addition to availability.
Michael Murphy
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